26 minutes

26 minutes (26’) was a humorous weekly French-language Swiss television programme starring Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon. It was broadcast between 2015 and 2017[1] on RTS Un, following their daily radio programme 120 secondes (120’’) from 2011 to 2014 on Couleur 3 (Radio télévision suisse).[2]

26 minutes (television) and 120 secondes (radio) were both produced by the Radio télévision suisse.

In 2017, 26 minutes was also broadcast with German subtitles on SRF zwei.[3]

Since August 2018, Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon come back with a monthly 120 minutes on RTS Un and a weekly 120 secondes on La Première.[4]

Timeline
Years Programme Broadcasting
2011-2014 120 secondes Daily, Couleur 3
2015-2017 26 minutes Weekly, RTS Un
2018-2020 120 minutes Monthly, RTS Un
Since 2018 120 secondes Weekly, La Première
Since 2020 52 minutes Bimonthly, RTS Un

Biographies

Vincent Kucholl, born in 1975,[5] studied political sciences at the University of Lausanne and is the director of the book collection "Comprendre" of the Éditions loisirs et pédagogie.[6]

Vincent Veillon, born in 1986,[5] studied new media at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne.[6] He is the son of Pierre-François Veillon, who was successively member of the Grand Council of Vaud, the Council of State of Vaud and the National Council of Switzerland.

120 secondes

The principle of 120 secondes is an interview of a fake personality played by Vincent Kucholl, by Vincent Veillon who is acting as a journalist[6] It was broadcast daily at 7:50 on Couleur 3 and then available on YouTube and Dailymotion; each video was viewed about 60'000 times with peaks at 80'000 for burning questions.[6]

After their success on the radio, Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon developed and presented in theatres a show entitles "120’’ présente la Suisse" in 2013-2014.[7][8] They had 145 performances in French-speaking Switzerland.[2] The show is inspired by the radio programme and by the collection "LEP Référence" that Vincent Kucholl is directing for the Éditions Loisirs et pédagogie.[7][9]

26 minutes

Since 2015, 26 minutes replaces the radio programme. It is filmed on Fridays in a Lausanne nightclub (Chauderon 18) and is broadcast on Saturdays at 20:10 on RTS Un and on Sundays at 20:00 on RTS Deux.[2] In 2015, Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon were also invited at the Paléo Festival.

The hundredth and last episode was broadcast on 16 December 2017.[1]

See also

Notes and references
  1. (in French) Olivier Perrin, "L’émission « 26 minutes » s’est autocélébrée avant de mourir sous les vivats", Le Temps, 18 December 2017 (page visited on 18 December 2017).
  2. (in French) Marie-Pierre Genecand, "« 120 secondes » s’empare de la télévision", Le Temps, Thursday 15 January 2015.
  3. (in German) 26 minutes, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (page visited on 23 October 2017).
  4. (in French) RTS Info, "Le retour des deux Vincent et des fourneaux pour la rentrée de la RTS", Radio télévision suisse, 22 August 2018 (page visited on 26 August 2018).
  5. (in French) "Duo à l'interview. Vincent et Vincent" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Point commun-e, journal of the Union des communes vaudoises, number 51, page 11.
  6. (in French) Rocco Zacheo , "Vous regardez trop la radio !", Le Temps, Monday 30 January 2012.
  7. (in French) Marie-Pierre Genecand, "« 120 secondes », des ondes à la scène", Le Temps, Friday 3 May 2013.
  8. (in French) "120’’ présente la Suisse" (page visited on 14 April 2015).
  9. (in French) Florence Gaillard, "Comprendre la Suisse, une histoire familiale", Le Temps, Tuesday 26 November 2013.
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